diff --git a/pkg/tinydtls/Makefile.include b/pkg/tinydtls/Makefile.include
index aebc670325..fda2825bd6 100644
--- a/pkg/tinydtls/Makefile.include
+++ b/pkg/tinydtls/Makefile.include
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ ifeq (,$(CONFIG_KCONFIG_USEPKG_TINYDTLS))
   endif
 endif
 
-ifneq (,$(or $(CONFIG_DTLS_DEBUG),$(filter -DCONFIG_DTLS_DEBUG,$(CFLAGS))))
-  CFLAGS += -DTINYDTLS_LOG_LVL=6
-else
-  CFLAGS += -DTINYDTLS_LOG_LVL=0
-endif
-
 # For now contrib only contains sock_dtls adaption
 ifneq (,$(filter tinydtls_sock_dtls,$(USEMODULE)))
   DIRS += $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/tinydtls/contrib
diff --git a/pkg/tinydtls/contrib/sock_dtls.c b/pkg/tinydtls/contrib/sock_dtls.c
index 124a0a07bd..cab2941557 100644
--- a/pkg/tinydtls/contrib/sock_dtls.c
+++ b/pkg/tinydtls/contrib/sock_dtls.c
@@ -887,7 +887,6 @@ void sock_dtls_close(sock_dtls_t *sock)
 void sock_dtls_init(void)
 {
     dtls_init();
-    dtls_set_log_level(TINYDTLS_LOG_LVL);
 }
 
 static void _ep_to_session(const sock_udp_ep_t *ep, session_t *session)